Jesus made the final sacrifice for all, and we need not make it again. Stanley Hauerwas finaljesusmake Change image and share on social
Reading is an exercise for learning how to write and vice versa. I have read myself into being a Christian, but I have also written myself into being a Christian. Stanley Hauerwas christianexerciselearn Change image and share on social
The world does not have time to be with the poor, to learn with the poor, to listen to the poor. To listen to the poor is an exercise of great discipline, but such listening surely is what is required if charity is not to become a hatred of the poor for being poor. Stanley Hauerwas charitydisciplineexercise share on social
Part of what my work has always been about is to show that the apocalyptic character of the gospel makes the everyday possible. It gives us the time that lets us care for one another as we are ill, helps us care for one another as we experience broken relationships, and helps us take the time to worship God in a world of such violence. Stanley Hauerwas apocalypticbreakcare share on social
One of the problems with the identification of Christianity with love is how such a view turns out to be both anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic. The Jews and Catholics become identified with the law or dogma, in contrast to Protestant Christians, who are about love. Stanley Hauerwas anticatholicchristian share on social
I think no one knows what humanitarian intervention means. If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism. Stanley Hauerwas americanhumanitarianimperialism Change image and share on social
The Christian fact is very straightforward: To be a student is a calling. Your parents are setting up accounts to pay the bills, or you are scraping together your own resources and taking out loans, or a scholarship is making college possible. Stanley Hauerwas accountbillcall share on social
The world has already been saved from war. The question is how Christians can and should live in a world of war as a people who believe that war has been abolished. Stanley Hauerwas abolishchristianlive Change image and share on social
One of the problems we currently have is there hasn't been in the population any serious engagement with the ethics of war because we have an all-volunteer army. I would think the return to the draft would be an intervention that would require discussion that might be more helpful in terms of our ability to limit war. Stanley Hauerwas abilityarmydiscussion share on social
American Protestants do not have to believe in God because they believe in belief. That is why we have never been able to produce an interesting atheist in America. Stanley Hauerwas americaamericanatheist Change image and share on social